Random Patches: The MC-101’s Coolest Feature

I demo one of the best features of the Roland MC-101, random patches on tone tracks, showing each algorithm and a few jams.
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[@sinewaymusic]

This makes the MC-101 useful even as a sample/tone generator for a DAW. Pretty cool.

[@Ridersoftubes]

Great! I’m digging the random stuff thanks for doing this.

[@ZukiBiker13]

Thanks for sharing your tidbits. We really enjoy your vids.

[@MikeH_PR]

Love how tangibly excited you are at hearing some of these tones

[@SwiftDreamer]

Random patches on this device is super fun! And combining them with the multifx just adds another layer of awesomeness

[@jthorpe4droid]

Awesome patches, sounded very cool.

[@crybo]

That pad is lovely! Looks a great little box.

[@MicroBanshee]

Game Changer! I just udated my MC-101 last week, to be honest I didn't even read up on what was included in the update, I just knew it needed doing [along with my Microfreak and PRO-1] interesting stuff, thanks for this video.

[@couchcamperTM]

I can see why you are having so much fun with this :-)

[@susmanfromamogs]

Can't wait for you Polyend tracker review mate

[@N1h1L3]

oh boy !!!! yes please

[@visisydandthevoid]

Can't wait to have the money for one of these 🥺 Edit, can't wait for mine to arrive. 😭 the universe and the beautiful heart of a friend bought me one.

[@roryjineffect]

Keep that friend around! They are clearly amazing

[@ndguardian]

Random patch is my favorite feature on here. Had it make a pad that sounds almost like a haunted church choir a couple days ago. Spooky! Would be a good component of a halloween track.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Very cool feature. I would love it, if it was possible to have a track generate a random patch, with each repeat of the loop. Would make for ever evolving generative sounds. Will be digging into what other things on the MC-101 can be randomized, as I like that sort of thing. ☮🎶☮🎶

[@teabreakbeats]

Random cowbells are my fav!!

[@80iesDude45]

Yes, the Randomizer is pretty cool, love it ;-)

[@thomas_rellum]

Thank you! Hope they will add features about the drum track to humanize it more easily. Awesome MC101 content keep it up 🙂

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

Good Morning Gabe-thank you for posting. If I was to buy new Roland-It would be the VerseLab.

[@lukegregg5944]

I don't think it looks worth the £200-250 more though, maybe I'm wrong.

[@lookashinyone511]

At first I thought random picked a patch for you which was fresh enough but no! This this creates new fucking sounds for you on command!!!

[@joseph395]

I like this feature but then I absolutely hate it when I accidentally press the knob button by habit to “enter” the patch and I lose the random patch lol.. then you can’t find that sound again

[@elsantoproductora]

I would love to be able to choose the waveform and the lfo destination

[@Madmohawkfilms]

Is there a way yet to save the Random Tones/Patches from 101/707 so can use in Fantom/JupiterX? Thanks I recall last time I had 101 you could only save as part of project. Recently grabbed one again. Thanks

[@difflocktwo]

At first I didn't get why there were dedicated controls for track volume on Roland machines but I guess it's for some live performances.

[@Gin-toki]

Will the random patch generator also use custom samples one can put on the SD card? Or only use the internal ROM sounds for these?

[@nozero1590]

You the best youtuber

[@GeorgeL909]

It's so frustrating cause the random feature proves that there is on board access to the oscillator settings, it's just not exposed to the user. One day Roland! You're so close to having the absolute best portable groovebox, just unlock a few more of those parameters! 🤪 I'm just venting cause I love this machine and it's so damn close. The random generator is pretty awesome in the meantime though.

[@valley_robot]

I’d be glad to have the ability to store these random patches to reuse them again, I have found some really nice ones , but because it’s random , I’ll never get the same patch again

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

@@valley_robot Why can't you save random patches? Like you can save user patches, right?

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I think the latest firmware update, allows total access to the synth settings.

[@GeorgeL909]

@@TheScreamingFrog916 it absolutely does. I gave Roland a big wet metaphorical kiss for doing that. Took a while, but they pulled through and I think the mc101 is the best portable/battery powered groovebox for the money nowadays.

[@markhall3323]

04:20 how to get the random sound, thanks!

[@mattyac7740]

I’m curious on your opinion of the internal distorted guitar sounds on the MC-707/101?

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

To buy-I would buy the MC-707. No Actually-The new VerseLab-but I haven't worked with any of these devices.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

I like them, although they're not all that realistic. For some futuristic, rock-tinged beats, they're a lot of fun.

[@GregDixson]

interesting, so it accesses the deeper synth parameters. If you keep hitting random, does it cycle through the same "randoms" or is it generating a unique patch each time?

[@GabeMillerMusic]

It's given me the same patch on a couple of occasions, but it's pretty rare. It's at least more random than not.

[@GregDixson]

@@GabeMillerMusic awesome, thanks :)

[@nozero1590]

It's a good music

[@zedderr_391]

Hello! Is there a way to save random patches?

[@tidumarco]

It's something that I'm trying to understand as well. Someone who knows about this matter?

[@zedderr_391]

@@tidumarco you can export patches from your projects

[@tidumarco]

@@zedderr_391 so basically saving the projects I should see it as a file in the sd card and save it through Zenology?

[@zedderr_391]

@@tidumarco i’m not using zenology so I can’t tell you anything about it, but if you want to get the patch from project a to project b you can do can simply export it you

[@zedderr_391]

@@tidumarco but you can’t save in some kind of “patches” folder

[@Thomasabraser]

When Gabe-Circuit-Miller makes a new video without the brand new circuit tracks... just 6 days after he received it... That tells me that the tracks doesn't really have a lot of new features to offer.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

That's not the case at all. Ever since quarantine hit, I've been putting out three videos a week, and to make that sustainable, I stockpile content. I filmed this video about a month ago, long before I received the Tracks, and since I just talked about the 101 in the previous video, now seemed like a good time to put this out. Plus, I filmed another batch of Tracks videos recently and need time for me and my editor to finish them. I've got one coming tomorrow and another hopefully coming Monday. And I've barely scratched the surface of what the Tracks is capable of, I plan to try a ton of different combinations of gear and do a full review, it'll just take some time. And in the meantime, I want to assure viewers who like other gear that I'm not abandoning them.

[@Thomasabraser]

@@GabeMillerMusic nice :) it was more of a joke. Love what you are doing!

[@lukegregg5944]

Still torn on whether to get the MC-101, has some very cool features but the workflow doesn't seem that intuitive or inspiring.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

It's gotten a lot better since it was introduced. The menu diving is really not that intrusive, there's just a lot of scrolling to pick options, and that can be sped up using shift. And Roland added a lot of shortcuts that dramatically speed up the workflow. It's not as intuitive or inspiring as something like the Novation Circuit, but it's gotten a lot closer... Once you get over the initial learning curve, you can easily take advantage of the extra features, which is quite inspiring in its own right.

[@lukegregg5944]

@@GabeMillerMusic Thanks ! So would you recommend it over the Circuit now? As it seems the only slight advantage the Circuit has is the workflow.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

I did an entire video on the Circuit Tracks vs the MC-101 earlier this week, so I'd recommend giving that a look. It depends on the use case, a user's experience, and whether they want to work heavily with external gear.